Sweetbreads braisé, Pompadour. Braise the sweetbreads until about two-thirds done. Cool a little and cover with a thin layer of chicken force meat. Decorate all around with chopped tongue, with chopped truffles in the center. Replace in pan, using the same stock used before, but strained. Cover with buttered manilla paper and return to oven to finish cooking. Serve with own gravy and a little Madeira sauce.
Terrine de foie gras à la gelée. Put the foie gras on ice for a few hours. Carve from the terrine with a table spoon and place on a platter covered with a napkin. Decorate with meat jelly cut in triangles and chopped, and parsley in branches.
Gelée. (Meat jelly). Take any kind of good stock. Put in the whites of six eggs to each gallon to clarify it. Add one pound of chopped raw beef to the gallon. Also one sliced onion, one carrot, one leek, a little celery and parsley, a few pepper berries, one bay leaf and a clove. Stir well and add slowly the hot stock. Soak twelve leaves of gelatine in cold water for ten minutes and add. Bring to a boil slowly, stirring from time to time. When it comes to a boil it must be clear. Strain through very fine cheese cloth, being careful not to stir up the meat so that it will cloud the broth. Season with salt and a very little Cayenne, add a glass of good sherry, and allow to cool.
Meringue à la crème, Chantilly. Whip some cream until stiff, add some powdered sugar, flavor with vanilla. Put one spoonful between each two meringue shells, dress on a plate, and decorate with some of the same cream passed through a pastry bag with a star mould.
DECEMBER 2
| BREAKFAST | LUNCHEON | ||||
| Baked apples | Eggs, Tivoli | ||||
| Oatmeal with cream | Miroton of beef, en bordure | ||||
| Butter toast | Cabinet pudding | ||||
| Coffee | Coffee | ||||
| DINNER | |||||
| Blue Point oysters | |||||
| Consommé Doria | |||||
| Fillet of sole, St. Malo | |||||
| Tournedos, Boulanger | |||||
| Soufflé potatoes | |||||
| Roquefort cheese | |||||
| Crackers | |||||
| Coffee | |||||
Eggs, Tivoli. Cut a piece of homemade bread into a cube and fry in butter. Open one side with a sharp knife and scoop out the center. Place in the cavity a poached egg, cover with cream sauce, sprinkle a little grated cheese on top, and bake until brown.
Miroton of beef, en bordure. Use left over boiled or braised beef, and cut in thin slices. Put into sauce pan one sliced onion with a piece of butter, and simmer until nice and brown. Then add one gill of vinegar, and a spoonful of French mustard and reduce until almost dry. Now add the sliced beef, cover with brown gravy, season with salt, pepper and a little chopped parsley, and boil for a few minutes. Dish into a deep platter, or individual shirred egg dishes, make a border of potato croquet dough, sprinkle grated cheese on top and bake till brown.
Consommé Doria. Consommé tapioca, with chopped truffles and sherry wine.